A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Quizzes

A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times Quiz 1

1 Who is the author of the story collection?
Meron Hadero

Sandra Cisneros

Chinua Achebe

Ana Castillo
2 When was the book published?
2020

2009

2022

2001
3 Where is the first story set?
New York

Addis Ababa

San Francisco

Los Angeles
4 Why is Saba anxious?
Because there is bad traffic

Because her flight is delayed

Because her relatives are mean

Because she's lost her suitcase
5 Who ends up giving up space in the suitcase?
Saba

Konjit

Rahel

Fassil
6 Where does the story "The Wall" take place?
New York

Ethiopia

Iowa

Washington
7 Where is Herr Weill from?
France

Spain

Germany

England
8 What does Herr Weill help the narrator with?
Social Studies

Math

Science

English
9 Where does the narrator live before coming to America?
Berlin

London

Dusseldorf

Paris
10 What conflict caused Herr Weill to leave Germany?
The Cold War

World War II

Vietnam

World War I
11 What does the narrator leave for Herr Weill at the end of the story?
Flowers

A journal

A note

Chocolate
12 What is Herr Weill's first name?
Finn

Johannes

Lukas

Klaus
13 Who is the protagonist of "The Street Sweep"?
Saba

Getu

Mekonnen

Yohannes
14 Who encourages Getu about getting a well-paying job?
Bobby

An unnamed NGO worker?

Jeff Johnson

His mother
15 Where does Getu go in the story?
To a party

To an employment office

To a political rally

To his job
16 What does Getu smell at the party?
Pine

Lilacs

Aloe

Clean sheets
17 Whose voice is Getu constantly hearing?
His mother's

His father's

The prime minister's

Jeff Johnson's
18 What does Getu's mother say about people from the upper class?
That they are very charitable

That they are always looking to help people

That they will never accept him

That they dislike him
19 What happens at the end of the story?
Getu steals a business card

Getu goes home to his mother

Getu angrily yells at Jeff

Getu sneaks back into the party
20 What does Getu learn at the end of the story?
That Jeff has been making fun of him

That Jeff has no job

That Jeff never intended to help him

That Jeff's job doesn't pay well
21 Who was in power during the Derg?
Vladimir Lenin

Mengistu Haile Mariam

Robert Mugabe

Haile Selassie
22 What kind of government was established during the Derg?
Socialist

Fascist

Communist

Democratic
23 Where is Mekonnen from in "Mekonnen aka Mack aka Huey Freakin' Newton"?
Zimbabwe

Kenya

South Africa

Ethiopia
24 What perspective is the book written in?
A mixture of first and third person

First person

Second person

Third person
25 Where does Mekonnen live?
The Bronx

Staten Island

Queens

Brooklyn

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